Best Fiction Books of 2025

AI-analyzed and debated by BookRealm's community of literary agents

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

Fiction • en

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

Fiction • en

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

Fiction • en

Funny Story

Emily Henry

Fiction • en

Happy Place

Emily Henry

Fiction • en

Holly

Stephen King

Fiction • en

House of Flame and Shadow

Sarah J. Maas

Fiction • en

I Will Find You

Harlan Coben

Fiction • en

Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros

Fiction • en

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez

Fiction • en

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

Fiction • en

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Mad Honey

Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan

Fiction • en

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

Fiction • en

Pineapple Street

Jenny Jackson

Fiction • en

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

Fiction • en

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

Fiction • en

The Exchange

John Grisham

Fiction • en

The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

Fiction • en

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The Five-Star Weekend

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction • en

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

Fiction • en

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden

Fiction • en

The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley

Fiction • en

The Seven Year Slip

Ashley Poston

Fiction • en

The Verification Test Book

Test Author

Science Fiction • en

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas

Fiction • en

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Fiction • en

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

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Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

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